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If you're like our hard at work edit team and spend the afternoon trolling the Web for online video gems (in the name of "research," of course), then you'll appreciate this gone-viral video of a 12-year-old Snoqualmie boy dancing to "Thriller" at a recent Mariners game.

Eastsiders will soon welcome Mercato Stellina, a new market and sandwich shop from the owners of Cantinetta.

Some good news for Eastsiders: The owners of Cantinetta announced this week plans to open Mercato Stellina (10000 Main Street, Downtown Bellevue), an Italian market and sandwich shop in downtown Bellevue.

We’ve been told the new shop will feature a mix of Italian specialty goods, including cheese and wine, cured meats, fresh pasta made at Cantinetta, plus dried pasta and pasta sauces, olive oils and aged balsamic vinegars, and fresh bread. And there'll be takeout sandwiches (g Read more »

Summer picnics are a long standing tradition in my family and the epitome of the season. In 1910, my great-grandparents, Teunis and Anna Schilperoort, and their siblings left Holland for the Yakima Valley to start a new life. After World War I, the first family picnic was held as a way to remember the old country and celebrate the new. Our family has met every year since then on the second Saturday of July and the attendance is now in the hundreds. My great-grandfather’s favorite food was fried chicken and it’s still the pièce de résistance of th Read more »

Summer nights call for sitting outside, smoke from a wood-fired grill in the air, a glass of rosé sweating in the heat at your fingertips. Agree? Then put a revisit to Revel on the summer to-do list. Read more »

There were a lot of jewelry pieces, handbags and shoes hanging around the office this week (check out the September issue to find out why!) and if you want to assemble a gaggle of girls lightning quick, just start throwing those things out on a table. The appeal of the accessory is simple: they can instantly change an outfit without putting a huge dent in your budget. Now that summer is upon us, here are three favorite accessories for the season—simply throw on jeans, a tank and one of these locally-made babies and you’re ready to go: